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LEHIGH VALLEY WEATHER

Annual SnowBlast winter festival a big hit even without the snow

It was a family affair as singles, parents, children and grandparents indulged in food, fun, music and “how-you doing?” neighborly moments with friends and acquaintances packing the walkways of downtown Emmaus.

Ice carvings, an ice skating snow princess, musical groups, food and hot beverages and a warming fire set up by Boy Scouts from St. Ann’s Troop 80 took away any thoughts of bad winter weather as visitors mulled the retail and volunteer booths that ringed the perimeter of the festival area. Chilly weather was not even a problem as afternoon temperatures hovered in the unseasonably high 40s.

Karri Eryn Schreppel, president of the Emmaus Arts Commission, the host organization for the gathering, welcomed visitors just after noon at Triangle Park, encouraging them to participate in the coloring, photography, music, CPR training venues and to admire the decorations among storefronts that set the theme for the festival.

A scavenger hunt included a “palette walk’ to register visits to retail establishments along the downtown Main Street.

One visitor, a long-time area resident, said simply, “Who needs snow? This is just a good place to have fun and enjoy a few hours outside.”

PRESS PHOTOs BY JIM MARSHActivities on Feb.1 for the annual SnowBlast winter arts festival, sponsored by the Emmaus Arts Commission, are centered at the Emmaus downtown Triangle with not a snowflake in sight. LEFT: The Emmaus group “The Audio Files” provides musical entertainment at the Emmaus SnowBlast winter arts festival Feb. 1. Story and additional photos appear on Page A13.